Device for wiring blind-slats



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G.-W. SOUL. DEVICE FOR WIRING BLIND SLATS.`

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' G. W. SOUL. DEVICE FOR WIRING-BLIND SLATS.

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DEVICE FOR WIRING BLIND sLAIs.

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DEVICE POB. WIRING BLIND SLATS. No; 291,546. ,Patented Jan. 8 1884.

IINTTnn STATES ATTNT Fries.

GEORGE l/V. SOUL, OF MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI.

DEVICE FOR WIRING BLIND-SLATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,546, dated January 8, 1884,

Application filed April 26, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. SoUL, of Meridian, in the county of Lauderdale and State of Mississippi, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Devices for Viring Blind-Slats; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I

My invention relates to an improvement in machines for wiring blind-slats, the object of the same being to provide means forsecurely fastening the wire in .the slats, so that the danger of their accidental withdrawal will be entirely obviated; and with this end in view my invention consistsin the parts a-nd combination of parts, as will be more fully d'escribed, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view infront elevation of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a transversevertical sectional view taken through the staple-driver. Fig.

3 is a view in elevation of the rear face of the` machine. Fig. 4 is a view in front elevation of the machine with the staple-feeding device removed, and Fig. 5 shows a slat with one of the staples secured therein.

A represents the bed-plate, provided with the vertical parallel standards B, to whichthe face-plate G is adjustably secured'. The face-l plate G is provided with rearwardly-extending lugs a, situated in the same vertical plane, which latter are beveledon opposite side edges, to conform in shape to the beveled inner edges of the standards B. These lugs rest snugly between the standards and prevent the faceplate fromltilting laterally, while it is held in vertical adjustment by the screw D. The head of the screw D bears on a washer, c, which latter overlaps the adjacent edges of the standards B, and forms a rest for the said head,while the end of the said screw-bolt enters a female screw-threaded opening in the face-plate. By loosening the screw the face-plate can be adj usted vertically to suit slats or rods of dif- -ferent sizes, and by simply tightening it the face-plate is held in position against movement. The vertically-movable staple-driver E is supported in suitable guideways on the front face of the plate C, and is operated by the same.

the handle F, the inner end of which is pivoted to the said plate C. The lower end of the staple-driver E is curved to conform to the staple, ywhich latter, after it leaves the staple-guide, falls onto the slat or rod situated immediately under the stapledriver. The staple-driver` is then forced downwardly by the handle and forces the staple into the slat or rod. The staple-guide G is formed yintegral with the plate G', which latter is rigidly secured to the face-plate by screws. This guide G rests at right angles to the plate G', and is so inclined as to automatically feed the staples under the driver. l/Vhen the driver is depressed, the space between the face-plate and guide G is completely filled, which prevents the staples from feeding downward ;I but as soon as the driver is elevated above the guide a staple slides off the said guide against the yielding holder H, where it is held until the driver descends. This holder is rigidly secured to the plate H', and projects through an opening formed in the face-plate of the machine.

The plate H rests up against the rear face of 7 5 the faceplate, and is secured thereto by a screw, d, which latter is first passed through a rubber or other suitable yielding gasket, cl2, then thr'ough the plate H and into the faceplate. The front face of the holderI -H is inclined outwardly from top to bottom, and the upper edge thereof rests flush with the outer surface of the face plate, while the lower edge projects outwardly considerably beyond Thus it will be seen that when a staple drops from the guide it is held in position by the holder until the driver descends thereon and forces it into the blind-slat. As the driver descends,thelower end thereof bears against the inclined face of the holder and forces the latter inwardly. As soon as the driver ascends, the holder moves -outwardly simultaneously therewith into position for the next staple. This movement, just described, simply tends to force the staple directly into the slat or rod without locking it, and the principal object of my-inventionis to provide means for preventing the accidental withdrawal of the staples, and this is accomplished by one stationaryhorizontal jaw and a movable j aw, which latterw is operated by the ver- IOO tical driver. The staples which are used with my device are open sufficiently to overlap the sides of the blind-slat, which latter, instead of being placed under the machine, so that the staples will be driven therein inline with the length of the slat, are so placed that the staples will be driven into the slat transversely, as shown in Fig. 5. The base plate A is grooved, as shown at c, for the reception of the slat and operating-rod, and the lower edge ofthe face-plate, immediately over the grooved portion e of the base-plate, is cut away for the reception of the upper edge of the slat or rod. The face-plate, as before stated, is vertically adjustable, so as to enable it to accommodate slats and rods of different sizes. The jaw I is rigidly secured to the faceplate on one side of the open slot formed by cutting away a portion of the said plate, and the tooth f thereof projects slightly over the edge of the plate, so as to enable it to impinge on the slat or rod, while the movable jaw rests on the opposite side of the slot, and is adapted to be moved inward, so as to impinge on the slat or rod when the driver is forced down. This horizontally-movable jaw I is held in place within the bearings g, and is provided with an open slot, in which the lower end of the lever J rest-s. This lever is fulcrumed near its lower end to the adjustable pin K, and is provided near its upper end with the inwardly-projecting shoulderl L, which is adapted to engage a corresponding projection, L', of the staple# driver when the latter is forced downwardly. A spring, M, bears against the outer face of the lever, for the purpose of holding the latter so that the shoulder thereof will comev under the projection L of the driver, while the upper end of the-said lever bears against the adjacent side of the driver and prevents the shoulder on the said lever from moving too far inwardly. The pin K can be of any desired construction, and is secured within a horizontal oblong slot, N, in the faceplate of the machine. By moving the pin K toward the vertical staple-driver, the jaw I is made to approach the jaw I more closely, and by moving it away from the driver the distance between the jaws is increased.

The operation of my improved machine is as follows: The staple guide or feeder is iirst lled with staples, and the slat or rod, as the case may be, placed in position on the baseplate. The driver is elevated by the handle, and a single staple drops, the points of the latter resting on opposite sides or slightly overlapping the edge of the slat or rod, where it is held by the yielding holder. The handle is then depressed, which causes the driver to descend and force the staple downwardly. rlhis driver tends to cause the staple to straddle the slat or rod; but simultaneously with the movement of the driver the jaw I is caused to approach the jaw I... This jaw I strikes the point of the staple on the side therewith, and turns it inward and forces the slat or rod, t0- gether with the staple, close against the other jaw, I. The tooth of this latter jaw impinges the point of the staple on the side therewith, and turns the said point inward. As the driver descends, the j aw Il also moves inwardly, and the points which have been bent inwardly are caused to approach each other and firmly lock the staple to the slat or rod. If the fulcrum-pin K is moved to its innermost limit, the points of the staples are made to pass each other and form a complete band or ring, and by moving the pin K outwardly the points are made to approach each other more or less, so as to lock the staple firmly in position and vprevent it from being accidentally withdrawn.

Blinds can be wired with this machine just as fast as they can be with the straight sticking-machines universally employed, and the danger of the staples being accidentally withdrawn is entirely obviated.

It is evident that numerous changes in the construction and relative arrangement of the several parts might be resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention; and hence I would have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exact construction shown and described, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention. Y.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The process of wiring blinds, consisting in first setting the staple astride of the slat or' rod, then simultaneously driving the staple downwardly, bending the ends or points of the staples inwardly, and forcing the said bent ends or points into the slat or rod.

2. In a machine for wiring blinds, the combination, with a staple-driver, of devices for bending the points of the staples and forcing the bent ends into the blind slat or rod, sub-v stantially as set forth.

3. In a machine for wiring blinds, the combination, with a staple guide or feeder and a staple-driver, of a rigid jaw and movable jaw adapted to act in conjunction therewith for the purpose of bending the staples and forcing the points thereof transversely into the blind slat or rod, substantially as set forth.

4. In a machine for wiring blind-slats, the combination, with a staple guide or feeder, a staple-driver, and a yielding holder, of a rigid staple-bending jaw and an adjustable movable bending-jaw, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with the grooved bedplate, standards, and adjustable face plate provided with an open slot, of a staple-driver and devices for bending the ends of the staple and forcing the said bent ends into the opposite faces of the slat or rod, substantially as set forth.

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6. The combination, with the grooved bedplate, standards, and adj ustable face-plate pro'- vided with an open slot, of a staple-driver, a rigid bending-jaw, and a movable bendingf 5 interposed mechanism for simultaneously moving the staple-driver and movable bending Jaw.

8. The combination, with the driver, a rigid bending-jaw, a `yielding staple-holder, and a 1o movable bending-jaw, of interposed mechanism for simultaneously moving the driver and movable jaw.-

9. The combination, with the staple guide or feeder, the staple-driver, yielding holder,

15 rigid bending-j aw, and movable bending-j aw,

of interposed mechanism for moving the movable jaw simultaneously with the driver, substantially as set forth.

10. The combination, with the adjustable face-plate, staple-driver, yielding holder, rigid jaw, movable jaw, and staple guide or feeder, of the lever interposed between the staple-driver and movable jaw, and a fulerumpin adj ustably secured to the face-plate, all of the above parts combined and adapted to opcrate as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE w. soUL.

Witnesses:

J No. I. WARD, P. A. ORY. 

